[R-390] Cleaning

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Laughing...........I had almost forgotten that saying about the socks and salt water...thanks for the memory!!

Les
U.S. Navy 
BT2
1960-1964

In a message dated 1/10/2003 8:51:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, <whertel@cox.net> writes:

>As my old sea-daddy was wont to say - "Snuffy, I've gargled more salt water than you've sailed on." True! I was a dry land sailer.
>
>Wayne - ex WA0DEB
>> 
>> From: "Jerry Kincade" <w5kp@direcway.com>
>> Date: 2003/01/10 Fri AM 07:27:27 EST
>> To: "pete wokoun, sr." <pwokoun@hotmail.com>, �<r-390@mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] Cleaning
>> 
>> I definitely qualify as an old salt, Pete - retired from the Navy 22 years
>> ago. Heck, I've probably wrung more salt water out of my socks than most
>> people have sailed over, as the old saying goes. EPA rules do make a
>> difference, I guess. They stocked 1,1,1 Trichloroethane in five gallon cans
>> on my first ship. Nobody knew any better, they thought it was a safe
>> alternative to carbon tetrachloride as a cleaning solvent. Ha.
>> 
>> BTW, I fixed my Line Level meter. It was easy to open (it's not one of the
>> glowing types). The problem was an open 1180 ohm wire wound resistor.
>> Bridged it with a 1200 ohm 1/8 watt carbon film type, works fine now. It's
>> probably not perfectly calibrated any more, but it probably wasn't perfect
>> before. Besides, it's just a VU meter. Thanks for the offer of help on it.
>> 
>> 73, Jerry W5KP � ex-KH6GQC
>> 
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